The Osceola times., 1887-07-09
IHouGHTLeSS WOMEN.
A Talk to Mothers on SuoJect Oh 'sS
Great Importance.

Do be careful about taking the chii
dren out during the warm weather.
See that they are properly clad in keep
ing with the weather, not alone thelf
bodies. for most mothers pay ATTENTION
10 these, but take care of their heads.
Avoid taking the little ones out when
the sun is high, more especially at the
noon hour. when there is little shade
any where; but if you will take them
out at such times. be sure and have
hats for them that will shade their
faces. The broader the brim the bet
ter they will be for the children. Dur
inp the summer the most sensible and
most comfortable hat a boy or girl can
wear. for best or everyday, is broad
brimmed straw. 1t is the most suita-
Bile and the prettiest hat child can
have. and looks well on any child,
either big or little. Most children who
are old enough to attend school are
provided with this style of head cover
ing, but the little ones who are at home
all the time, going out only occa-
sionally, are those who generally sulier
for the want of it, When they are
taken out for an airing (or roasting
would more properly apply here), 1t Is
with Il lace bonnet, fez or straw
Tam O'Shanter on their heads. The
mothers of these children would be hor-
riied if the little ones went out in the
san bareheaded. They would be posi-
tive that the children would be sun
struck; yet they will take them out
with such covering as the above on
their heads, which is just the least bit
better than nothing, during the hot
test part of the day and never think of
such a thing as sunstroke. They would
not 90 the shortest distance themselves
in the sun without parasol to shield
them 1t is astonishing how many
women and children of this kind can
be seen in the streets of our city on
any of the warm days. The women
under lace parasols, looking as cool as
though they were in the coolest place
imaginable, and the children with fezes
or. Tam O'Shanter on the backs OF
their heads, and the sun beating down
ON the front. looking hot and uncom-
Portable. with the perspiration trick
ling down their faces. The women are,
to all appearances, perfectly oblivious
of the children's discontinue, though
how they can be so is mystery TO most
people. 1t must be that they do not
give it a thought, or il they did they
would not surely see the children suffer
in this way without trying. at least, t.
remedy it.
The straw Tam o Shanter hat is one
of the prcttiest styles of hats for very
little boys, and any child when dressed
neatly looks well in it. 1t has jaunty,
careless effect when perchcd on the
back of the head, and is a particularly
cool affair when worn in the shade,
but when worn in the sun it is the most
uncomfortable head-covering that can
be used. Few women will 90 out al
the noon hour, unless it is actually
necessary that they should, with only
small bonnet on their heads, and
walk any distance, probably a street or
two, without going home with bead.
ache that will take good nights rest
to relieve. Yet the little ones are
made to walk. or half run, for few
women accommodate their steps to the
chidren's, under the fiercest sun with
out murmur. When they arrive
home they are peevish and irritable,
and the mothers wonder what is
the matter with them, never think
ing that their children's little heads
may throh and ache as much, il not
more, than theirs would were they
treated in the same manner. Very
often child, after being out with the
mother, is feverish and restless during
the night, so much so as to alarm the
parents. The mother looks around for
the cause: "He can't have caught
cold; | don't know what can have
caused it," she says, puzzled. IL
know he wasn't in any draughts, for
we kept in the sun most of the time. "
1t does not occur to either parent that
he may be Frustrated by the sun. Oh,
no; he has a cold; they are certain
about that, and they doctor him ac-
cordingly. He is dosed aud over
heated, when the one thing he requires
is rest, and the least little draught.
which may be only the opening of a
door, may bring on a disease from
which it will take him a long time to
recover. A little forethought on the
part Of the mother might have spared
the child a great deal of suffering. and
both parents great deal of anxiety
and worriment II some one should
suggest 10 this mother that it was the
effect of being so much under the ravs
of the sun, she would say: "Why, no;
that couldn't he, for he never COM
planned while out of the heat; he was
well enough until the evening" just as
though any child would complain
while on the street The excitement
of the different people and things he
meets eonfuscs the little one to such
an extent that, no matter how i'll he
may be, he will not complain, but af-
ter the excitement subsidies and he il
at home, then there is no need for
complaint, his actions are enough. 1t
is strange that the mother, who tries
in every way to shield the child from